Chase Terrace and Boney Hay War Memorial

MATERIALS: Carrara marble obelisk on a Robin Hood stone base.

DESCRIPTION: The Chase Terrace and Boney Hay war memorial is located outside St John’s Church (not listed) on the High Street, Chase Terrace. It is in the form of a marble obelisk, square on plan, rising from the cornice of a two-tiered rectangular plinth. The second tier of the plinth has buttresses at each corner. The plinth stands on a single marble step, on a Robin Hood stone base. The inscriptions are in flush lead letters on the plinth.

The dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth is on a raised tablet and reads “THEIR NAMES LIVE FOR EVERMORE”/ (NAMES)/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC/ SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MEMORY OF THE ABOVE/ MEN OF CHASE TERRACE AND BONEY HAY/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. On the base below this is a name which has been added later, proceeded by 1914 – 1918. One side of the upper tier of the plinth has been inscribed with 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES) following the Second World War.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 19 January 2017.